What is your favorite quote? And why?
 

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. Sir Joshua Reynolds

Edison liked the quote and posted it around his factory. When I was little my parents took us to Menlo Park. Maybe it was West Orange. I am not sure. I know it was a museum that celebrated the life and inventions of Edison. My Dad bought the quote printed on a piece of cardboard and he posted it in our basement. I must have read it a hundred times, maybe a thousand before it sunk in. The quote has served me well.

A friend of mine used to say, "Use your head for something, other, than a hat rack". :D

George Bernard Shaw got it right
 

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

George Bernard Shaw

I lived my life by this quote and try to share it with my college students...stop whining and get to work. Don't wait for others to take care of you.

Sometimes it is better to keep ones mouth shut and appear stupid, than to open it and remove all doubt.

Self evident!

This too shall pass...got me through my kids teenage years!

There is so many to choose from. How about,

"It don't cost nuttin, to be nice".

"The unexamined life is not worth living." Plato's Apology of Socrates. I like the quote because I have seen too many people rush through life without thinking about what is right and what would truly make them happy.

It's easier to ask for forgiveness then to ask for permission - Grace Hopper

This served me well throughout my career in leadership capacities.

" LOVE THE GIVER MORE THAN THE GIFT."

Brigham Young


It is Self-Evident when seeking the why.

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Harry Truman
I use this on all my email signature blocks at work.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing right!

My fav two:


"You can't have everything - where would you put it"? Steven Wright, comedian


"It's always something..." Gilda Radner, Sat Night Live

I also find them both very funny. Steven Wright also said.
"It's a small world---but I wouldn't want to paint it"
"Curiosity killed the cat -- but for a little while, I was a suspect." :)